# provincial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ · frequency rank #6,288

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to a province.
2. Constituting a province.
3. Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
4. Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.
5. Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.
6. Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

## Etymology
From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

## Common misspellings (15)
`porvincial`, `pprovincial`, `proivncial`, `provicnial`, `provincail`, `provinccial`, `provinciall`, `provincila`, `provinical`, `provinncial`, `provnicial`, `provvincial`, `prrovincial`, `prvoincial`, `rpovincial`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/provincial